The North Carolina Business Committee for Education’s Ready, Set, App! challenge is a mobile app development competition for high school students sponsored by Lenovo. Student groups are asked to develop a mobile app using a mobile app development platform (e.g., MIT App Inventor) to solve a problem in their community or school. Ready, Set, App! focuses on three primary pillars:
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Mobile App Development
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Professional and Personal Development
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Interpersonal and Soft Skills Development
Student groups are asked to adhere to the following terms and conditions to be considered for the competition. If groups have any questions, please contact Program Manager Ciera Tucker at ciera.tucker@nc.gov.
This competition is only open to North Carolina high school students-other submitters will be automatically disqualified.
Eligibility
- Students must be enrolled as a 9-12 grade student in public high school or public charter school in North Carolina.
- Teams are comprised of three-five students and one teacher advisor/leader. (Note: Students can only join ONE team. and team formation should seek to demonstrate and utilize diversity and inclusivity (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, neurodiversity, age, culture, language, subject area of expertise).
- Participants commit to developing an Android mobile application that addresses a problem in your school or community.
- Registration opens October 11, 2021 and closes at 11:59 p.m. January 28, 2022. Please note- registration only indicates interest in the competition. Final projects are not due until April 2022.
Requirements
RSA is designed in three phases:
- Phase 1: Registration
- Phase 2: Develop + Demo + Pitch Group Reflection
- Phase 3: Finalist Round
What to create: develop a mobile app using a mobile app development platform (e.g., MIT App Inventor) to solve a problem in their community or school. Ready, Set, App! focuses on three primary pillars:
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Mobile App Development
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Professional and Personal Development
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Interpersonal and Soft Skills Development
What to submit:
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App Pitch + Demo
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Group Reflection- Answer 3 out of the 6 - The diversity questions is mandatory for each group.
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Upload your APK file to Devpost
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Complete and enter information into all required fields of the submission form on hackathon site.
*Please see Phases tab for more details*
Prizes
$1,000 in prizes
Lenovo product valued up to $700
Lenovo product valued up to $200
Lenovo product valued up to $100
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Ciera Tucker
NCBCE Program Manager
Jacob Beach
Teacher for the Academically and Intellectually Gifted
Judy Richards
Asst Principal
April Earp-Woriax
Teacher - Interior Design Fundamentals and Interior Design Studio
Jimmy Solanki
Digital Technology Manager
Adam Pence
Operations Coordinator
Sheneka Brightwell
Lead Computer Science Consultant
Sarah Woodward
Acceleration Advisor
Stephanie Harrell
Digital Learning Specialist
Kristy Sartain
High School Librarian
Steven Cheatham
CTE-Business Teacher
Lakeahia Bradby
Teacher
Nancy Turner
Program Coordinator
Jill Turner
Media Specialist
Susan Miller-Hendrix
Science Supervisor
Rayshoun Chambers
EVP, Learning and Development
Valerie Morris
SEL Teacher
Rodney Crouse
Teacher - Grade 4
Kimberly Forbes
CSIT Education Consultant
Suzanne L Pruett
Teacher
Lyndsay Leach
Lenovo
Jordan Piper
Lenovo
Lauren Ulmer
Lenovo
James A North
Lenovo
Abrianna Amidei
Lenovo
Naimish Thaker
Lenovo
Brigetta Koepke
Lenovo
Jennifer Gupta
Lenovo
Denise Driscoll
Lenovo
Erin Cook
Lenovo
Marina Minnikova
Project Manager
Andrew Dobysh
Senior iOS Developer
Uladzislau Baryshchyk
Software Engineer
Alina Shestеrikova
Senior Design Expert
Pavel Plotnikov
Senior iOS Engineer
VIachaslau Matsukevich
Cloud Solutions Architect
Maksym Sytyi
Software Developer and Tech Lead
Pavel Tahil
Senior UX Designer
Serhii Rubets
Software Engineer
Gleb Sakhnov
Software Engineer
Viacheslav Shago
Senior Software Engineer/TechLead
Michaela Cameron
Lenovo
Matthew Fardig
Lenovo
Libby Richards
Lenovo
Caroline Sullivan
NCBCE Executive Director
Morgan Crawford
NCBCE Deputy Director
Emily Irons
NCBCE Communications & Marketing Manager
Brianna Green
NCBCE Project Manager
Dylan Harp
Marketing/Web Design Specialist
Karen Ondrick
Kimberly Page
Lenovo
Aman Anas
RSA Student Intern
Trinity Tran
RSA Student Intern
Leah Guilford
RSA Student Intern
Kyla Guilford
RSA Student Intern
Siddharth Maruvada
RSA Student Intern
Lindsay Nelson
Lenovo
Andy Hang
Lenovo
Timothy Robbins
Lenovo
Leana Neparidze
Lenovo
Marcy Lee Keener
6-12 Science Content Specialist.
Seema Rahim
Lenovo
Kendall Latham
K-12 Senior Education Strategist
Kyle Linton
Lithios Apps
Judging Criteria
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Problem Relevance
Please consider: What research/data is provided to support the relevancy of the problem? -
Adequacy of Solution
Please consider: Is the app developed sufficiently to meet the needs of the problem indicated? -
Creativity and Innovation in the Solution
Please consider: Do the students provide a unique solution to the problem? -
Quality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design
Please consider: User accessibility - can the user get to what they need quickly? Is there consistency within the app? Is the app intuitive? -
Collaboration/ Team Development
Please consider: Does the team reflection indicate personal and professional growth amongst the group? Does the team reflection demonstrate how diversity and inclusivity of the team aided in the app development process? -
Quality of Materials
Please consider: Did the student groups put significant thought into their final materials?
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